Plan for natural gas service up for vote in May

Written by By Brooks Taylor
Friday, 10 April 2015 18:28

White Oak residents are one step closer to having access to natural gas service for their homes.

Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley told about 50 people – most from White Oak – that the Commission is slated to vote next month on a plan from Atmos to extend service to neighborhoods and subdivisions not being currently served. Presley was in town last week to conduct a town hall meeting, the 136th such meeting for Presley during his terms on the PSC.

“This is a plan unlike anywhere in America,” Presley said. “We’re trying to do something that should have been done 70 years ago.”

New judge, new date in town vs. co.

A new judge has been assigned to consider competing motions for preliminary injunction by the town and county, and since last week, a new court date has been assigned.

Chief Justice William L. Waller, Jr. of the Mississippi Supreme Court issued an order on March 25 appointing Senior Status Judge Henry L. Lackey of Calhoun City as special judge in Case no. 14-0169, Tunica County, Mississippi vs. Town of Tunica and Tunica County, Mississippi School District, at the request of the judges for the Circuit Court here.

“...this request is necessitated by the recusal of the Judges for said County by virtue of an Order of Recusal executed ... on March 24, 2014.”

Chief Justice Waller’s order follows on the heels of the order of recusal issued last week by Senior Circuit Court Judge Albert B. Smith III.